Medicare Advantage for All, Perhaps?
(JAMA Network 7/30/2020)
Stuart M. Butler, PhD1, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution
Stuart M. Butler, PhD, is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Previously, he served as Director of the Center for Policy Innovation at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC
Medicare Advantage for all could be a good starting point for a bipartisan discussion on creating a new framework for the US health system. Unlike the higher-profile Medicare-for-all approach, a Medicare Advantage–for-all approach would have several advantages.